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Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
John Larkin (writer)
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Release Date:
28 March 1941 (USA) more
Tagline:
Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!
Plot:
A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a shipful of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a treasure cruise. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
An often overlooked Chan film that deserves more attention! more (7 total)

Cast

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Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan
Sheila Ryan ... Kate Ransome
Robert Weldon ... Steve Daniels
Victor Sen Yung ... Jimmy Chan (#2 son) (as Sen Yung)
Donald Douglas ... Jed Thomasson (as Don Douglas)
Kay Aldridge ... Laura Thursday (as Katharine Aldridge)
Paul McGrath ... Charles Thursday / Mr. Parks

George Reeves ... Bill Lydig
Truman Bradley ... Capt. Kane of the Suva Star
Ethel Griffies ... Miss Patience Nodbury
Lenita Lane ... Dr. Anne Bonney
Milton Parsons ... Gene LaFarge
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Charlie Chan in Dead Men Tell (USA) (informal alternative title)
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Runtime:
61 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The twenty-eighth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies. more
Quotes:
Jimmy Chan: You can scare a person to death, but if you do it deliberately, that's murder. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Castle in the Desert (1942) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
An often overlooked Chan film that deserves more attention!, 16 April 2000
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Author: admjtk1701 from New York, NY

This is an often overlooked Chan film that deserves more attention! It is short at an hour running time. But it is loaded with great atmosphere and a good cast of interesting and eccentric characters. This is a good mystery and has many humorous parts, too. Sen Yung is quite good in this one. How can you get better than a ghost pirate named Black Hook on a treasure hunt? Another one that's lots of fun. TV Superman, George Reeves is in it too. This is one to see and see again!

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